Velocipede



(No Model.) v

H. G. BUDDENBERG.

VELQGIPEDE; e

No. 265,751, y Patented Oct. l0, 1882.

UNITED` STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. BUDDENBERG, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION lforming part of Letters Patent No. 265,751',dated October10, 1882.

Application tiled July 3l, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, HENRY C. BUDDEN- BERG,of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Velocipedes, of which the followingisa specication.

My invention relates to improvements Vin th ree-wheeled velocipedes ortricycles,by which the user may either hold the vehicle to a straightcourse or to any curve desired with very little expenditure ot' labor.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of avelocipede embodying my invention, the vehicle being shown in conditionfor moving straight forward or nearly straight forward, at the option ofthe user, one wheel being omitted. Fig. 2 is an under side view of thevehicle, the pilot-wheel being deflected and portions of thedrive-wheels omitted. Fig. 3 is an axial section of one of the hubs withits clutch. Fig. 4 is an end view of the axle. Fig. 5 is a rear view ofthe hubs. Fig. 6 represents the rear end ot' one of the clutch-operatinglevers.

A is aframe constituting the carriage-perch, on which is erected asuitable seat, B, for the user. Journaled in the rear part of said perchis a crank-axle, C, whose ends carry sliding clutches D D', whosesprings E E' cause said clutches to engage with the correspondingnotched hubs, F 1*",ofdrive-wheels G G'. The crank c, at mid-length ofaxle C, connects by links H H' with arms I I', which extend rearward,one, I, obliquely downward, and the other, l', obliquely upward, fromshafts J J' of levers or handles K K', accessible to the user. Thisarrangement ot' levers, shafts, arms, and links enables the alternateforward and backward vibration of the separatelevers to overcome eachother-s "dead-points and to operate continuously on a single crank, asshown. Secured to the frontend of the perch by king-bolt L and afifth-wheel, M M', is the hanger N, in whichis journaled axle O ofpilot-wheel P. The hanger N has a cross-bar or treadle, Q, which enablesthe user to dellect the pilot-wheel (when liberated in the manner to bepresently explained) to the right or to the left.

'In the normal condition of the apparatus,

.as shown in Fig. 1, the pilot-wheel, when not disturbed by the user,tends to revolve in a plane exactly parallel with those of thedrivewheels, being held to such parallelism by stops R R' on the forwardextremities ot' levers S S', which impinge against lugsV V' on thehanger N, and which are held to the normal position shown in Fig. 1 andat R, Fig. 2, by the same springs, E E', which hold the clutches inlock. From absolute parallelism the said pilot-wheel P may be slightlydetlected, in proportion lo the amount of slack motion in the mechanism,by'a pressure of the rider-s right or leftJ foot, as the case may be,against one or other end ofthe treadles Q. Such slight deflection issuflicient to correct any departure ot' the vehicle from its propertrack or to conduct it along gentlecurves, Sto.

For sudden or sharp turns-such as required for taking a rectangularcrossing or for reversing the direction of travel-provision is made asfollows: From the square forward extremities, R R', of the levers thesaid levers take au oblique or latch-like form, as at T T', and thelevers have upward projectionsU U', by which the rider can press eitherlever outward until the relief of' either lug V or V' from its stoppermits the hanger and pilotwheel to be deliected backward on that side.The same movement of the leverunclutches the ground-wheel on that sideand leaves it free to revolve at a slower rate than its mate, or toremain quiescent, or to even turn backward on the axle, so as to oi'er11o opposition to the curving course of the vehicle. The properdeflection for the desired curve being thus obtained, the rider mayremove his foot from the projection U'or U', and the pilotwheel will,for the time being, be held to the precise degree of detlectiou to whichit has been brought by the pressure of the latchformed portion of theclutch-lever against the hanger-lug ou that side. The desired newdirection having been thus obtained, the operator has only to restorethe treadle to its normal position, when the clutch-lever will instantlyspring back into position for direct travel, and will continue therein,thus relieving the rider of caro and labor in maintaining the course.

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I claim as new and of my inveniionclutches D E, D Eof the drive-wheels,as and 1. In a. velooipede or trioyole, the described for the purposesset forth. 1o arrangement of crank-axle C o, links H H', In testimonyor' which invention I hereunto armed shafts I J, I J', and levers orhandles set my hand.

5 K. K', for the purpose set forth. HENRY C. BUDDENBERG.

2. The latch-formed levers S S,oon1bined Attest: at their front endswith the pilot-Wheel stops GEO. H. KNIGHT, V V and at their rear endswith spring- SAML. S. GARPEN ER.

